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Cops & Courts

On the December 23rd, 2014 edition of Your Call, we'll hear stories of people who turned their lives around after over a decade in prison or jail. Two thirds of people released from California's prison system will return within 3 years. What obstacles prevent people from getting out and staying out? How does incarceration impact families, especially children? What kind of support do formerly incarcerated adults want? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

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Cops & Courts

KALW has partnered with radio producers inside California's oldest prison to bring you the San Quentin Prison Report, a series of stories focusing on the experiences of these men, written and produced by those living inside the prison's walls.

Cops & Courts

In 1969, Dorsey Nunn was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man. After serving 12 years of his sentence, Nunn was paroled in 1981. Back on the outside, he realized there was very little help for him or people like him to make new lives. He took matters into his own hands and started working with other formerly incarcerated people to address issues of employment, education, and voting rights.

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On the October 23rd, 2014 edition of Your Call, we'll hear stories of people who turned their lives around after over a decade in prison or jail. Two thirds of people released from California's prison system will return within 3 years. What obstacles prevent people from getting out and staying out? How does incarceration impact families, especially children? What kind of support do formerly incarcerated adults want? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.